Border officials at Montreal's Trudeau International Airport had themselves a particularly happy Halloween after busting a passenger with four-and-a-half pounds of cocaine stuffed inside three pumpkins.

Airport officials say custom agents suspected the pumpkins might be Jack-Coke-Lanterns when they noticed they were heavier than normal for pumpkins of that size.

A scan of the gourds confirmed their suspicions.

The passenger, 26-year-old Mercedes Jerez Farias of Montreal, was subsequently arrested and charged with importing drugs and drug possession.

If convicted, she is expected to serve a minimum of two years behind bars.